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Fucking hell, two ballistic missiles just hit in north Podil. Massive explosions. Fire balls and smoke into the sky.

Our deep dive into the key issues in Ukraine's training system that lead to irreversible losses on the battlefield, where manpower shortage remains critical. "(New soldiers) run out quickly, even before they get to the line of contact," one officer said. kyivindependent.com/inside-ukraine…

Representative Spartz is batshit MAGA & will say anything to please Trump. But using the fact that she was born in Ukraine to tell Ukrainians living in Ukraine during war what they should do is insane. Rep. Victoria Spartz don’t use “we” when talking about a country you don’t know.

I wrote about Russian author Sergei Lebedev's new novel "Lady of the Mine" and how it represents a first attempt at decolonizing Russian literature. It is probably more of an outlier than a hint of an actual trend, though. My latest for The Kyiv Independent. kyivindependent.com/no-redemption-…

Russia's embassy in Kenya would like you to believe they're totally chill about tariffs. They very much aren't kyivindependent.com/trump-spares-r…

To the surprise of no one but Trump and Witkoff, the Easter "truce" is total bullshit. kyivindependent.com/russia-propose…

Yesterday was a particularly special day at work. Haven't felt emotions like this since reporting on the liberation of Kherson. Watch our report from yesterday's prisoner swap for The Kyiv Independent here: youtube.com/watch?v=WFff3A…

⚡️ Pope Francis has died, Vatican says. Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, at the age of 88, in his residence in Vatican City, the Vatican news service reported. kyivindependent.com/pope-francis-d…

Pope Francis’ comments on Russia’s war against Ukraine often disappointed and frustrated many. I wrote about how they were influenced partly by the Holy See’s long and often troubling history with Moscow, my latest for The Kyiv Independent. kyivindependent.com/pope-francis-l…

Multiple massive explosions over Kyiv right now, Russian ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as drones. But sure Trump, Zelensky is the one who’s the obstacle to peace…

Trump: “Zelensky is difficult to deal with.” Meanwhile, Zelensky: “We are ready for an unconditional ceasefire.” Putin: “There will be no ceasefire until you give us your land. In the meantime, I’ll launch more missiles at your capital Kyiv and kill more people.”

Very curious to know who the other "suspects" could be.

Instead of condemning Russia's mass murder of civilians in Kyiv last night, the US Vice President has instead chosen to blame Zelensky for everything. Again.

And when exactly is a good time to launch mass missile attacks against civilians?